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in japan, the pas civic plate is trying to go underneath japan. it's going back into the earth, being stuffed in. that's the reason we have earthquakes in oregon and washington, the same sort of earthquakes in alaska. it also makes the volcanoes in these countries. >> rose: what kind of warning does the earth give? >> the earth doesn't give us any warning. that's what is so hard about all of this. we don't know exactly when they break. we know over time the motion gets stored up. but it's kind of like trying to bend a stick. you know event allly it's going to break but it's hard to tell exactly when it's goinging to break. so we know to within a couple hundred years which isn't all that useful that we're goinging to have big earthquakes in that part of the world. so the japanese have been preparing for it. but they don't know when. >> rose: and what is an aftershock mean and what is the impact here? >> well, a fault is a big surface, a big area, hundreds of mileses long and maybe 50 miles deep into the earth, big, big patch. it doesn't all slip ex
in japan, the pas civic plate is trying to go underneath japan. it's going back into the earth, being stuffed in. that's the reason we have earthquakes in oregon and washington, the same sort of earthquakes in alaska. it also makes the volcanoes in these countries. >> rose: what kind of warning does the earth give? >> the earth doesn't give us any warning. that's what is so hard about all of this. we don't know exactly when they break. we know over time the motion gets stored up....
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as second explosion at the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan has set off a panic and speculation about the crisis but lost in a technical mumbo jumbo is what it all means we're going to try to make sense of what exactly is going on in just a bit. but what is very wrong. whatever happens the rule of law has to be followed and told so far it's treated. so as bradley manning just getting what he deserves and what about the now former state department official who criticize the pentagon over many treatment for his debates. good evening it's monday march fourteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy catherine of and you're watching our team now japan's nuclear situation has taken another dark turn today after a second explosion rocked the fukushima nuclear power plant some one hundred fifty miles north of tokyo now the reactors are said to be intact but reports say that the nuclear fuel rods are now completely exposed and officials are warning that the radioactive material could spread over the next several weeks so what is so can japan learn anything at all from the one nine hu
as second explosion at the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan has set off a panic and speculation about the crisis but lost in a technical mumbo jumbo is what it all means we're going to try to make sense of what exactly is going on in just a bit. but what is very wrong. whatever happens the rule of law has to be followed and told so far it's treated. so as bradley manning just getting what he deserves and what about the now former state department official who criticize the pentagon over...
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bradley manning so has obama approved torture and condemned speaking out against it when all eyes are on japan as video continues to come out after the earthquake struck the country or bring you all the latest and we'll look into the confusing information from the mainstream media regarding potential nuclear meltdowns massachusetts residents listen up there's a new option for voters if you're sick of being labeled as a democrat or as a republican i'll give you details on the newly formed pirate party and why this group could soon become popular and states all across the country and the latest battle on capitol hill is all about money the g.o.p. makes of farm statement regarding the debt ceiling well find out what the threat of default in would really mean for the u.s. and is hollywood to blame for the growing islamophobia in this country we'll speak to a man who says that we can just look at pop culture from the one nine hundred eighty s. to explain the radicalization hearings today those stories and much more but first let's move on to our top story. on friday we told you on this program that
bradley manning so has obama approved torture and condemned speaking out against it when all eyes are on japan as video continues to come out after the earthquake struck the country or bring you all the latest and we'll look into the confusing information from the mainstream media regarding potential nuclear meltdowns massachusetts residents listen up there's a new option for voters if you're sick of being labeled as a democrat or as a republican i'll give you details on the newly formed pirate...
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it's been 48 hours since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami rocked japan. the death toll officially now is around 1400 but officials fear 10,000 could be dead in flooded areas in the northeastern region of the country. search-and-rescue operations continue. millions are without power. hundreds of thousands in temporary shelters and on top of all that horrible news increasing fears of a growing nuclear crisis and the threat of nuclear meltdowns at the fukushima complex. officials say an explosion could occur at unit three which may already be officially in partial meltdown. we have all aspects of this developing story. we'll get an official update from japan's ambassador the united states and i moment as well as analysis about nuclear concerns on the ground from the president of the nuclear energy institute. but first we'll go live to tokyo where nbc's lester holt joins us for the very latest. lester, tell us what's going on the ground right now with rescue efforts. >> chuck, i can tell you this is truly a three pronged disaster. it's a 9.0 earthquake. the u
it's been 48 hours since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami rocked japan. the death toll officially now is around 1400 but officials fear 10,000 could be dead in flooded areas in the northeastern region of the country. search-and-rescue operations continue. millions are without power. hundreds of thousands in temporary shelters and on top of all that horrible news increasing fears of a growing nuclear crisis and the threat of nuclear meltdowns at the fukushima complex. officials...
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-japan relationship is extremely close. i -- i believe we don't have a better, more steadfast ally in asia than the japanese people. and it's part of why i hope that people of japan understand that the people of the united states are with them at this moment in which they suffer so from this natural disaster and will do everything we can to help them. they're a proud people, but -- but now they can't handle this all alone and we want to help them. we're a proud people. i want to share with my colleagues a conversation i had with a gentleman who was in the american embassy -- serving in the american embassy in tokyo at the time of hurricane katrina. and he told me yesterday that japanese people lined up outside our embassy in tokyo after they heard about, watched films of hurricane katrina to offer help. whatever they could offer. and one private citizen of japan, unannounced, arrived at the embassy and wrote out a private check for $1 million for hurricane katrina relief. i mean, this is the -- the closeness of the relation
-japan relationship is extremely close. i -- i believe we don't have a better, more steadfast ally in asia than the japanese people. and it's part of why i hope that people of japan understand that the people of the united states are with them at this moment in which they suffer so from this natural disaster and will do everything we can to help them. they're a proud people, but -- but now they can't handle this all alone and we want to help them. we're a proud people. i want to share with my...
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that's look at japan. maybe we should think about this a minute. in japan, they have the devastation. all the other countries are sending help. oh, but guess what? you did not hear people from egypt, iran, afghanistan, anybody like that sending any help to those people. but we spend billions of our budget for those other countries. so wake up, america. let's get some money back into those countries. host: moving on to albuquerque, new mexico. kenny, a democrat. caller thank you for taking my call. some really good debate going on this money. i agree with my republican colleagues there, i cannot wait to see ron paul trying to get around to the debate, because it is interesting how they lock him out in the past. also talking about entitlement spending, i think we should address some of the subsidies going to oil companies if you want to be serious about balancing the budget. i think what the gridlock is showing in washington is that we desperately need a third party. that is when we can come together as americans and get our best ideas to solve these
that's look at japan. maybe we should think about this a minute. in japan, they have the devastation. all the other countries are sending help. oh, but guess what? you did not hear people from egypt, iran, afghanistan, anybody like that sending any help to those people. but we spend billions of our budget for those other countries. so wake up, america. let's get some money back into those countries. host: moving on to albuquerque, new mexico. kenny, a democrat. caller thank you for taking my...